1,368 feet
Roughly where downtown Rogers sits.
Benton County, Arkansas
In Rogers, a pool depends on which side of town you're on
West Rogers is flat plateau. East Rogers runs downhill. Those are two different jobs.
One town, two kinds of ground
Rogers isn't flat, and the relief is inside the city rather than out at the lake. We sampled elevations from about 1,140 feet on the eastern edge up to roughly 1,368 feet downtown, so there's better than 200 feet of drop across town. Downtown sits about 157 feet above Lake Atalanta, and the lake is only a mile and a half away.
Out west around Pinnacle Hills you're on plateau, and that's straightforward. Work east, down toward Prairie Creek and the lake, and retaining and cut and fill stop being optional. Neither one is a problem. They're just different numbers, and you deserve to know which one you're looking at before anybody quotes you.
The drop, in numbers
Sampled elevations across Rogers and its eastern approaches. It's the single biggest thing that moves a pool budget here.
1,210 feet
The surface of Lake Atalanta, about a mile and a half east of downtown.
1,140 feet
The eastern edge of town, dropping toward Beaver Lake. That's the end of town where the retaining wall conversation starts.
What you actually hit, and what Beaver Lake has to do with it
On the uplands you're digging into the Boone Formation, which weathers into chert cobbles and red to orange clay. That's the bucket load on most Rogers lots. Head east into the cut valleys and older rock comes up to the surface, including a black shale, which is a different excavation and worth finding before we price it.
People ask about Beaver Lake constantly, so here's the straight answer. The top of the lake's flood pool is about 1,130 feet. Even the eastern fringe of Rogers we sampled sat at 1,214 feet, which is more than 80 feet above it. For the overwhelming majority of Rogers lots, the lake has nothing to do with your pool. The exception is actual lakeside property, where the Corps of Engineers governs what happens near the shoreline.
West side
Pinnacle Hills and the plateau. Flat work, machines get in, most of the budget goes into the pool.
East side
Grading down toward Prairie Creek and the lake. Expect to spend some of the budget holding ground still.
In the floodplain
Rogers requires finished floor elevations 3 feet above the base flood elevation, and an elevation certificate. If your lot's mapped, that shapes the plan.
Two good options, not a right answer
Gunite
- Any shape and any depth, drawn around your yard rather than picked off a page
- Built in place, so it can follow a slope, a corner or an odd property line
- A deep end and a diving board are both on the table
- Tile, plaster and aggregate finishes that you choose
Fiberglass
- A finished shell by Imagine Pools, smooth from the day it goes in
- Thirteen models to choose between, with a size that suits most yards
- The shell arrives complete, so the job moves faster once it's on site
- It can be set over the house by crane when a gate won't do it
We build both, so we have no reason to talk you into either one.
What comes with every pool
Every pool we build comes with a variable speed pump, color changing LED lights you can run from your phone, and 4 feet of concrete around the pool, which can typically be broom finished or textured. This season we're also including a salt system, a wireless robotic cleaner, the textured concrete upgrade and chemical start up. Electrical hookup isn't included, because state law requires a licensed electrician for that part.
What a pool costs here
Gunite starts at $75,000, and that's the whole job. Fiberglass starts at $69,000. Where it lands depends on the model and the size, and a bigger fiberglass build can run close to a gunite pool the same size.
How long it takes
Active construction runs three to six weeks. From the day we break ground to the day you swim is usually ten to sixteen weeks, because permitting, inspections, curing and weather all sit between the working days.
Three to six weeks of building
Ten to sixteen weeks start to finish
Questions people in Rogers ask us
Permitting in Rogers
Community Risk Reduction Division handles it, and pulling the permit is our job rather than yours. If you'd rather read the city's own words on it, here's the page.
Rogers publishes a residential swimming pool section, right down to requiring a master electrician for the bonding and grounding.
Rogers permits and building department
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Where else we build
Fort SmithSebastian CountyVan BurenCrawford CountyGreenwoodSebastian CountyAlmaCrawford CountyBarlingSebastian CountyBentonvilleBenton CountyFayettevilleWashington CountySpringdaleWashington and Benton Counties
We also build across Northwest Arkansas, Central Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma.
Let's talk about your Rogers yard
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